How Strong is Your Password?
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How Strong is Your Password?
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Re: How Strong is Your Password?
#2"Step 3: Diversify your social passwords for added security" Newsflash: appending a three-character string " Fb" to your use-everywhere password flies directly against Steps 1 and 2 ("Increasing password length is more about strength than it is [sic!] complexity", "Use multiple passwords").
Also, "Password" as a part of an example password? "Append a special character"? What is this, 1995?
Nice idea with the entropy checker, though.
Re: How Strong is Your Password?
#3Yes, lets teach users to type their passwords into "checking" tools. Great.
edit: on the plus side, "CONGRATULATIONS! It would take about 2546476408336 years to crack your password."
(I typed in a password that was roughly equivalent to a very secure and memorable one I memorised but have never found a use for. It's a correcthorsebatterystaple style password.)
Re: How Strong is Your Password?
#4Why on earth do you need to confirm your password in order to check it?
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#5Does this take in account different hashing algorithms and estimated brute force speed for each?
Re: How Strong is Your Password?
#6Looks like a great target for phishers to knock off.
Re: How Strong is Your Password?
#7There are clearly some problems here.
"bacon giraffe coffee paper head": 2 weeks
"coffee banana tourist nose": 15368 years
Or even worse:
"i like salt": 18 years
"i like pepper": 9 hours
Re: How Strong is Your Password?
#8Why on earth do you need to confirm your password in order to check it?
so they can log it correctly :)
Re: How Strong is Your Password?
#9Why on earth do you need to confirm your password in order to check it?
And if, as they say, "PLEASE DO NOT ENTER YOUR REAL PASSWORD", why do they need to use a silly password entry field?
EDIT: This video explains it: 10 hidden cameras. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security/passwordwin-...
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